They took out their seventeen little red pocket handkerchiefs and cried
and cried.

All this time Grandpa Grumbles was sitting in an easy chair by the
fire. He grumbled,

"'Tis silly to make such a dreadful noise,
You are worse than seventeen girls and boys."

Then he took his green cotton umbrella and went upstairs.

As soon as the Seventeen Little Bears caught sight of Grandpa Grumbles
they set up a shout, "A story, a story, do tell us a story."

Grandpa Grumbles shook his green cotton umbrella fiercely and shouted,

"Every one must keep as still as a mouse,
So you can hear a pin drop in the house."

Then, will you believe it? The Seventeen Little Bears were so still you
could hear a pin drop.

Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes were so still they did not wink an eyelash.
They sat on two little stools in the corner.

Grandpa Grumbles said, "You can guess all day and you can guess all
night, but you cannot one of you guess what kind of a shop I am going
to open."